Re: About \defineshortcut

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Radhelorn wrote:
> Hello All!
> 
> There is intresting macros in cont-new -- shortcuts. It works pretty 
> well, but I have one question: how to undefine them back?
> 
> For example after command:
> 
> \defineshortcut [//] [] [style=\em]

> I can get slash only by \textslash (which is expected) and it breaks 
> things like:
> 
> \typefile {some/dir/file}
> 
> So how to revert to previous meaning of '/'? It is possible to do it 
> only temporarily?

Explicit \start a /b/ c \stop style grouping is normally best, but
a shortcut is just an active character with a closing defimiter,
so this will work for you special case:

   \catcode`\/=\other
   \typefile {some/dir/file}
   \catcode`\/=\active


Cheers, taco